Best Universities for Psychology

 The list of good psycholofy ptrograms overlaps  consideranly with the previoyus social science but  but students should be aware  that naby specialisedfields of psychology such as the cognitive sciences, neuropsychology and educational psychology are  very resource intensive and therefore more likely to be found at large resesarch universities than a liberal arts college

 My list for the best psychology programs is :

• Stanford
• University of California - Berkeley
• Wisconsin
• Michigan
• Columbia
• NYU
• Indiana
• Amherst College
• Chicago
• Washington
• USC
• Univdersity of California - San Diego
• Duke
• Vanderbilt
• Grinnell College
• Minnesota
• University of  Memphis
• Carnegie Mellon

Best Universities for the Social Sciences

  While the large resesarch universities  dominate the research  literstutr in the social science, many students  find that small liberal arts colleges  offer an equally good if not better education in the Social Sciences

 My choices for the brst schools for  Social Sciences are:

• University of Chicago
• Swarthmore College
• Amherst College
• University of California -  BNerkeley
• Michigan
• Emory  University
• Princeton
• University  of Virginia
• College of William and Mary
• Notre Dame
• Williams college
• Bowdoin college
• University of Florida
• Vanderbilt University
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• Southern  Methodist University
• Carleton college
• Oberlin College
• University of  North Carolina

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Best Universities for Biological/life sciences

As with zengineering  , the best programs for the biological (lige) sciences  tend to be at large research universities which have affilioated medical schools  and  well funded laboratories. M

 Her is the clearsky list of best colleges for lofe sciences:

• Johns Hopkims University
• Duke
• Penn
• Harvard
• Columnbiane
• Tula
• Stanford
• Michiogan
• Reed College
• Pomona College
• College of Wooster
• Vassar College
• Case Western Reserve University
• Rice University
• USC
• Vanderbilt University
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• Washington University  St. Louis
• Nortwestern University
• UCLA
• University of Rochester

Besr Universities for Business Studies

 As with Engineering programs , many of the top iundergraduate business  courses are housed in large universities which have graduate  or MBA programs



 My liast of the best undergradusate business schools is:

• University of  Notre Dame
• University of Pennsylvania
•  Duke
•  Carnegie Mellon Univdersity
• UCLA
•  New York University
• Cornell
•  University of Texas - Austin
• Emory
• Georgetown
•  AmherstCollege
•  Pomono College
• Claremont Mckenna College
•  Middlebury College
•  University of Chicago
• Northwestern University
• Columbia University
• Stanford
• College of William and Mary
• University of Washington
•  USC

Best Universities for Engineering

  The best  engineering programs  are almost all at large  research universities. This is due to the resources required in terms of labs and  research facilitires

  My list of the best engineering schools is

• MIT
• CalTech
• Georgia Tech
• University of California - Berkeley
• UCLA
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Cornell
• Univdersity of  Michigan
• Purdue
• Univdersity of Illinois
• Penn State University
• University of Southern California
• University of  Pittsburgh
• Harvey  Mudd College
• Reed College
• Emory University
• University of Wisconsin
• University of Pennsylvania
• Northwestern  University
• Ohio State University

 The major midwestedrn public state universities  have been involved with a lot  of ground breaking research over the last 50  yesars and while they sre all still excellent options , recent budgdt cuts    are having a very nregative impact

 Read this article  for  a  thoughtful perspective on the issue

Best universities for Computer Science

 Now that the Early decision round id ovr, I am looking at universities by major starting with Computer Science for the  simple   reason that it was my own undergraduate major.


 In the Early Action cycle you should have applied to Georgia  Tech, Illinois and Purdue.


 The best schools for CS are

• Carnegie Mellon University
•  MIT
• Stanford
• University of California - Berkeley
• UCLA
•  Georgia Tech
•  University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
• University of Washington
• Purdue
•  University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Case Western Reserve Univdersity
•  Harvey Mudd College
•  University of  North Carolina - Chapel Hill
• Northwestern University
•  Reed College
• Grinnell College
• Swarthmore College
• University  of texas - Austin

   Most of th e best CS programs are in large public research universities butr smaller   schools such as CMU and Cas Western    are  often stronger.  Some liberal arts colleges also offer a very good CS education.

RD cycle starts now

 Now that the  Early Decision/Early Action   deadline  has passed, it time to take a serious look at your Regular Decision applicants that need t be submitted at end December.

 Other deadlines
 University of Washington priority - November 10
 University of Southern California - December 1
 University of California - November 30.

 Some of thes have already been addressed but  I will look at all of  these in detail in the coming  days.


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 clearskyeducation@gmail.com for help with your applications